Claes Gefvenberg
Admin
Re: Re: I second the motion from the gentleman from the East Coast.
Bingo!
/Claes
Bingo!
/Claes
Geoff Cotton
Quite Involved in Discussions
Claes,
American English, is that reinvented English with bits of words missing? What happened to the u in colour anyway?
Queen’s English that’s another reinvention, it’s nothing like English. It’s simply English spoken by southerners with a plum stuck up their a$$e. To hear true English you have to go north of the Watford Gap.
Watford Gap --- a mythical line somewhat similar to the Great Wall of China but a bit more subtle and on a less grand scale, drawn across the map of England by the Romans in the hope it would keep the southerners out, to some extent it still works today as southerners seem to believe there are dragons and warring Vikings north of the line. (Sorry Claes, Norse of the line.)
American English, is that reinvented English with bits of words missing? What happened to the u in colour anyway?
Queen’s English that’s another reinvention, it’s nothing like English. It’s simply English spoken by southerners with a plum stuck up their a$$e. To hear true English you have to go north of the Watford Gap.
Watford Gap --- a mythical line somewhat similar to the Great Wall of China but a bit more subtle and on a less grand scale, drawn across the map of England by the Romans in the hope it would keep the southerners out, to some extent it still works today as southerners seem to believe there are dragons and warring Vikings north of the line. (Sorry Claes, Norse of the line.)
Claes Gefvenberg
Admin
Yep... and as a matter of fact quite a few scottish words and expressions can be traced to the scandinavian languages. We'll have to blame the vikings for that. (You may have guessed by now that languages is one of my greatest interests in life 
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/Claes
)/Claes
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Trolle
Many thanks to you all for your help!
And Sue, your website links are sure to be very handy,
Claes, please note that in those gloomy days when UK business was down due to, to many Roman fat cats. They had to call in consultants from all over Scandinavia to get things in order. These consultants came up with many novel ideas; most important must have been the very concept of Anglaland (England i.e.). Even in them good old days consultants already knew that there where always more money to get while fixing what they didn’t do right the first time around. As far as I know, ever since them Vikings launched this bis version, English has been a smashing worldwide success.
Cheers
And Sue, your website links are sure to be very handy,
Claes, please note that in those gloomy days when UK business was down due to, to many Roman fat cats. They had to call in consultants from all over Scandinavia to get things in order. These consultants came up with many novel ideas; most important must have been the very concept of Anglaland (England i.e.). Even in them good old days consultants already knew that there where always more money to get while fixing what they didn’t do right the first time around. As far as I know, ever since them Vikings launched this bis version, English has been a smashing worldwide success.
Cheers
Claes Gefvenberg
Admin
My word, you're right... I do wonder what their consulting fees were in those days..?
/Claes
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db
Alien English
What makes matters worse is that here in the US (The country that invented English), we can't get it straight. Try to hold a conversation with a group of folks from Maine, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan’s UP and San Francisco Bay. Even though they are all from the US, they would not do well in communicating.
What makes matters worse is that here in the US (The country that invented English), we can't get it straight. Try to hold a conversation with a group of folks from Maine, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan’s UP and San Francisco Bay. Even though they are all from the US, they would not do well in communicating.
Claes Gefvenberg
Admin
Well... We have the same thing even here in a country as small as Sweden. Lots of different dialects, some of which I certainly struggle with...
/Claes
/Claes
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Trolle
Sorry got carried away by this Viking stuff, but ...
It is Midsommerweekend our version of your thanksgiving(?)
A celebration going waaay back before even the Vikings. Just imagine all those generations sharing the same experience.
ie hedace the day after.
Happy Midsommer Claes!
and the rest of you to.
It is Midsommerweekend our version of your thanksgiving(?)
A celebration going waaay back before even the Vikings. Just imagine all those generations sharing the same experience.
ie hedace the day after.
Happy Midsommer Claes!
and the rest of you to.
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Randy Stewart
Does that mean you have to watch a team like the Detroit Lions embarrass themselves playing Football on national TV? I feel sorry for you
